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    Thread: Dictionary .. Chrismas Present
Post: Dictionary .. Chrismas Present

Gingerninja Wrote:Think I'm going to go with the Casio XD-GF9800, a little pricey, but should last me a long time. :) I just picked this up a few weeks ago & don't regret the purchase one bit. S...
BigAmish Learning resources 9 3,504 2009-12-10, 9:20 am
    Thread: Text to speech
Post: Text to speech

HerrPetersen Wrote:Has anyone tried out the new TTS-plugin for anki? Just tried it & it works great. My only criticism is that the default 11KHz 16 Bit mono voice output is pretty grainy, but asi...
BigAmish General discussion 6 1,965 2009-11-28, 10:10 am
    Thread: Where to buy manga...
Post: Where to buy manga...

Based on the good feedback, I just purchased the new version あずまんが大王 3 volume set from http://www.bk1.jp. It was my first time making a purchase from a Japanese language-only website (I was a bit ner...
BigAmish General discussion 61 20,813 2009-11-14, 10:04 am
    Thread: Japanese Sentence Patterns for Effective Communication.
Post: Japanese Sentence Patterns for Effective Communica...

mafried Wrote:If you have a moment, I'd like to ask you the same question I asked fluxcapacitor: how would you rate your Japanese ability now as a result of finishing JSPfEC? Disclaimer: my main focu...
BigAmish Group study 60 51,880 2009-08-09, 8:28 am
    Thread: Japanese Sentence Patterns for Effective Communication.
Post: Japanese Sentence Patterns for Effective Communica...

Finally completed this book & finished my initial study of the associated sentences via SRS (~2.5 months). Great stuff & time well spent. Many thanks to mafried & fluxcapacitor for their...
BigAmish Group study 60 51,880 2009-08-08, 1:13 pm
    Thread: Japanese Sentence Patterns for Effective Communication.
Post: Japanese Sentence Patterns for Effective Communica...

@fluxcapacitor You, sir, are a saint. I just bought this book last month & only now stumbled across this thread. The Excel File will make an excellent addition to the Anki grammar-specific deck...
BigAmish Group study 60 51,880 2009-04-14, 7:14 am
    Thread: Any paying users at JapanesePod101.com?
Post: Any paying users at JapanesePod101.com?

KanjiHanzi Wrote:Anybody able to tell the difference between Newbie and Beginner there? Yo me it seems they both start out at roughly the same point, but adding a bit more kanji on the beginner level?...
BigAmish General discussion 44 21,540 2009-01-01, 6:52 am
    Thread: Any paying users at JapanesePod101.com?
Post: Any paying users at JapanesePod101.com?

kitsu Wrote:As for subscriptions: I only ever paid when they had some deal running. Paying gives you access to extra audio tracks and their pdfs. x2. Keep your eyes peeled for available coupons. I d...
BigAmish General discussion 44 21,540 2009-01-01, 6:40 am
    Thread: iKnow
Post: iKnow

If you type 'x' before another character, then the character you type after the 'x' will be reduced in size. Hope this helps!
BigAmish Learning resources 599 116,989 2008-11-29, 9:18 am
    Thread: iKnow
Post: iKnow

Good news! Sad that I have 1600 beginner words to go 'till I get there... :(
BigAmish Learning resources 599 116,989 2008-10-14, 10:00 am
    Thread: iKnow
Post: iKnow

kazelee Wrote:Does anyone know how to make anki play the sound right. It skips or cuts off parts whenever It plays an mp3. I have had the same problem with mp3 files in general, but it comes & goe...
BigAmish Learning resources 599 116,989 2008-10-04, 8:03 am
    Thread: iKnow
Post: iKnow

wonk2001 Wrote:BigAmish Wrote:Success! I had to fiddle with media file locations for things to work properly (again, my lack of experience with Anki's inner-workings), but everything works great no...
BigAmish Learning resources 599 116,989 2008-10-03, 8:47 pm
    Thread: iKnow
Post: iKnow

Success! I had to fiddle with media file locations for things to work properly (again, my lack of experience with Anki's inner-workings), but everything works great now. Thanks again! Between the...
BigAmish Learning resources 599 116,989 2008-10-03, 3:48 pm
    Thread: iKnow
Post: iKnow

@ shakkun & nukemarine: Thanks for the Anki instructions & advice...I'll try it out after work later this afternoon. I had a feeling it was due to my lack of experience importing "decks".....
BigAmish Learning resources 599 116,989 2008-10-03, 6:51 am
    Thread: iKnow
Post: iKnow

shakkun Wrote:Are you exporting directly from Excel or copying and pasting to a txt document? I actually use OpenOffice Calc so I can't comment on that. This is what I do though: Select the contents ...
BigAmish Learning resources 599 116,989 2008-10-02, 8:24 pm
    Thread: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me" thread.
Post: The "I just finished RTK1, please congratulate me"...

Whoopie! Done and done. Started 5/9/08 & finished 7/15/08. I am very much looking forward to concentrating on reviews for awhile. No new kanji means I can also focus on busting out my Assimi...
BigAmish Remembering the Kanji 1,845 424,636 2008-07-15, 2:13 pm
    Thread: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done!
Post: On frame 1531. 3/4 of the way done!

Landed on 1543 today. The end is in sight! I've got to say, the thread/spiderman primitive nearly killed me, but the new primitives after that are proving much more manageable. At the rate of 30 ka...
BigAmish Remembering the Kanji 462 138,195 2008-06-28, 4:53 pm
    Thread: Best way to get 24h/24 Japanese audio input?
Post: Best way to get 24h/24 Japanese audio input?

tjtuder Wrote:Some people may know of this....I noticed that someone had posted about keyholeTV software, but in my opinion it sucks. download TVU player (windows and linux versions, no mac unfortuna...
BigAmish Learning resources 132 36,290 2008-06-13, 12:44 pm
    Thread: anyone else sick of perverted stories?
Post: anyone else sick of perverted stories?

Dragg Wrote:Let the pervs be... If Heisig didn't want sexual imagery, he never would have come up with the "crotch" primitive for what is literally a hand. If a filter is instituted someday, I would ...
BigAmish General discussion 138 45,393 2008-06-13, 7:45 am
    Thread: Funniest stories
Post: Funniest stories

A bunch of stories have made me laugh out loud, but the first one that did so (which I will *never* forget) was for the keyword/kanji "FORMERLY" that reads: "The Artist formerly Known as Prince has t...
BigAmish Remembering the Kanji 5 1,443 2008-06-13, 7:11 am
    Thread: What age are you?
Post: What age are you?

37. Started ~ 5 weeks ago and am now at 1041. Hope to finish in about the same amount of time!
BigAmish Off topic 357 73,685 2008-06-11, 6:09 pm
    Thread: Half way!
Post: Half way!

Just broke the halfway barrier & landed on 1041 for the day. Woo-hoo! Funny, Heisig says it is all downhill from here, but most everyone else says the next 1000 kanji are pretty brutal. Time t...
BigAmish Remembering the Kanji 616 180,460 2008-06-11, 10:49 am
    Thread: Stories... I Thought
Post: Stories... I Thought

playadom Wrote:I find that the funny grammar hooks, while effective, end up putting too much English in my brain. Ditto. It is rare for many of my stories to go longer than about 2 short sentences be...
BigAmish Remembering the Kanji 14 2,129 2008-06-04, 3:49 am
    Thread: RevTK Donation Drive
Post: RevTK Donation Drive

Yet another new donor here. Needless to say, my kanji studies would not be nearly as productive were it not for this site. Thanks Fabrice!
BigAmish Off topic 43 10,110 2008-05-29, 2:59 pm
    Thread: 469 - Song (Without can-can dancers)
Post: 469 - Song (Without can-can dancers)

A bit of a stretch perhaps, but here's mine: "Modern SONGstresses have doubly-nice CANs, but LACK true musical talent." Sticks in my brain from all of the Spears/Simpson/Hilton hoopla as of late.
BigAmish Remembering the Kanji 5 1,446 2008-05-26, 7:32 am
    Thread: Book - Understanding Basic Japanese Grammar
Post: Book - Understanding Basic Japanese Grammar

phauna Wrote:I second Assimil, a great course with lots of words and short dialogues which you can shadow over and over. Yet another Assimil fan here as well. It really seems like it was made for tho...
BigAmish Learning resources 225 71,016 2008-05-22, 7:09 am
    Thread: pimsleur
Post: pimsleur

Hello everyone, First time poster here. I am intending on diving into RTK1 as my major project this summer, but am currently working through the Pimsleur I lessons. Anyhow, I found the website "Kir...
BigAmish Learning resources 55 14,817 2008-03-15, 8:08 am